Reading Task 1. Complete the text using words from the box.

school translated born Mukhtar Auezov famous Kazakh loved also

The writer
Mukhtar Auezov (1897 – 1961) was (1) in Semey region. When he was a child, he (2) the poetry of Abai Qunanbaiuli. The (3) poet was a neighbour of the family and a friend of his grandmother’s. Mukhtar could read and write before he started (4) – his grandfather taught him. (5) is the best known as the author of plays and novels, like Yenlik-Kebek and Abai Zholy, but he (6) works as a translator. He (7) some of William Shakspeare’s plays into (8).

Use of English
Task 2. Make correct sentences.
1. pears / there / ten / in the / are / bag / .

2. aren’t / pupils / there / classroom / in the / .

3. an egg / on the / there / plate / is / ?

4. on the / there / a / cat / chair / is / white / .


Vocabulary
Task 3. Match words with their definition
a comedy
a horror
belt
necklace
town
village
it’s about ghosts and monsters.
you wear it around the neck
this place is smaller than city
there are a lot of jokes and it makes people laugh.
a group of houses, stores, and other buildings which is smaller than a town
you wear it around the waist.

This year, the winter's been suprisingly colder than usual. It started getting pretty chilly already in autumn. Although the weather forecast predicted that it was only temporary and that the air would heat up in a few days, none of that happend. Instead, my mother even insisted on getting some extra-warm clothes I could wear under my usual outfit.
At the end of autumn it has snowed for the first time. I was really happy because I've missed the snow days.
Every day after school I would run home, change into warmer clothes and go outside to play with the other kids in my neighborhood. We had snowball fights, we built ice castles and snow slides. All of that positive energy was having a really positive effect on me, it made me forget about my troubles at school.
Me and my friends made a plan on how to spend our christmas. On the 31 of December we would run outside and launch fireworks into the sky.
Needless to say, our plan worked and it was the best christmas ever!
It started to thaw out towards March and I was really sad to see the snow go away.
To sum it all up, the winter was really colder than usual, but that didn't mean it was worse. On the other hand: it definitly was more fun than our usual winter, and me and my friends hope that it'll be the same next year.

В большом бизнесе могут тратить деньги на все виды расходов и стимулирования работников с более высокой заработной платы. Только опыт может вам понять эту разницу, и знать, что вам больше нравится и то, что вам нравится меньше. Иногда наименее прибыльный бизнес может стать самым интересным делом для людей, которые владеют, и крупный бизнес лучше для сотрудников, которые работают в нем. 2. Почему это так? Может быть потому, что в небольших бизнес-затраты на рабочую силу и накладные расходы меньше, чем в крупном бизнесе. Так что бедные люди могут получить больше прибыли.